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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 43 - Property » Chapter 17 - Water Boundaries And Riparian Lands » Section 43-17-24.2 – Prior decisions on water marks validated–Rights barred by no action.

43-17-24.2. Prior decisions on water marks validated–Rights barred by no action.

Any decision of the Water Management Board setting a high water mark or a low water mark prior to January 1, 1992, is hereby cured, legalized, and validated as fully as if the decision had been issued in full compliance with §43-17-24.

If any person has any vested right in any real or personal property by reason of any omission referred to in this section, and if no action or proceeding to enforce such right was commenced prior to July 1, 1993, such right shall be forever barred. No action or proceeding brought involving real property shall be of any force or effect, or maintainable in any court of this state, unless prior to July 1, 1993, there was recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the real property affected is situated, a notice of the pendency of such action, in accordance with chapter 15-10.

Source: SL 1987, ch 316, §1; SL 1992, ch 307, §53.